厲
li4Mathews: 3906GSR: 340a
Dictionary Definition
(to be) harsh, difficult, strict, rigorous, stern, severe, acute, grinding, stringent, serious, dangerous, oppressive, brutal, cruel, adverse, bad, hard (to do), distressing, troublesome, stressful, tyrannical, wicked, menacing; (a, the) grind, grindstone, whetstone, difficulty, struggle, trouble, hardship, adversity, danger, pressure, threat, severity, distress, harshness, suppression, disease (s); (to) discipline, endanger, have difficulty(-ies), grind, sharpen, hone, polish, perfect (s, ed, ing); harshly, strictly, brutally, severely; in distress; threats of failure or trouble
Radical: 27+13 | First occurrence: Hexagram 01.3
Concordance & Context (39 occurrences)
Entries shown in Hatcher's reference chain order. First Witness at 01.3
3rd Line★
(a) struggle, adversity, hardship (s); stressful
君子終日乾乾，夕惕若；厲，無咎。
A noble young one,* throughout the day, creating, creating
By nightfall looking frightful
A struggle
Not an error
Stats: 27+13→ 06.3
3rd Line
difficult, distressing, strict, hard to do 18.1
食舊德，贞厲，終吉。或從王事，無成。
Incorporating long-standing virtues
In order to be steadfast
Distressing, but in the end, auspicious
Yet for someone engaged in the royal service
There is no completion
→ 09.6
6th Line
(is) difficult, adverse, brutal; (a) hardship "
既雨既處，尚德載。婦贞厲。月幾望，君子征凶。
It has already rained, it is already settled
Value the merits already conveyed
The woman’s persistence is difficult
as the moon approaches full
The noble young one’s expedition fails
→ 10.5
5th Line
(is) stressful, dangerous, rigorous, difficult "
夬履，贞厲。
Decisive steps
Persistence is stressful
→ 18.1
1st Line
difficult(y), hard(ship) (s); distress(ing) 27.6
幹父之蠱，有子，考無咎，厲終吉。
Correcting father’s fixations
To be a young one examining
Is not a mistake
Difficult
But in the end, promising
→ 21.5
5th Line
(is) difficult, harsh, stressful; trouble "
噬乾肉，得黃金，贞厲，無咎。
Biting into dried meat
Finding yellow metal
Persistence is trouble
Avoid mistakes
→ 24.3
3rd Line
difficult(y), hard, harsh, troublesome; a grind
頻復，厲，無咎。
Repeated returns
Difficulty
But no blame
→ 03.3
Xiao Xiang 5
(is) stressful
夬履贞厲，位正當也。
10.5x Decisive steps, persistence (is) stressful:
The position (is) correct (and) appropriate
Xiao Xiang 5
(is) trouble,
贞厲無咎，得當也。
21.5x Persistence (is) trouble, avoid mistakes:
Find the proper response
1st Line
hard(ship), harsh(ness), severe(ity); serious
有厲，利已。
This will get harsh
Worthwhile to quit
→ 01.3
6th Line
distress; difficult, harsh, brutal, serious 35.6
由頤，厲吉，利涉大川。
At the source of the appetites
Brutal but promising
Worthwhile to cross the great stream
→ 01.3
1st Line
(in) distress, difficulty, trouble, danger
遁尾，厲。勿用有攸往。
Withdrawing the tail in trouble
Not at all useful to have somewhere to go
→ 01.3
3rd Line
(and) difficulty; distress, pressure (d); harsh
係遁，有疾厲。畜臣妾吉。
Entangled retreat
There will be anxiety and distress
To manage one’s servants and concubines would have been timely.
→ 01.3
—
係遁，有疾厲。畜臣妾吉。
Entangled retreat
There will be anxiety and distress
To manage one’s servants and concubines would have been timely.
3rd Line
(is) difficult, harsh, stressful; trouble "
小人用壮，君子用罔。贞厲。羝羊触藩，羸其角。
Ordinary people apply force
The noble young one uses his wits*
Persistence is trouble
The billy goat* butts the hedge
Entangling his horns
→ 01.3
4th Line
(is) harsh, dangerous, difficult; trouble "
晋如鼫鼠，贞厲。
Advancing like a squirrelly rodent
Persistence is dangerous
→ 01.3
6th Line
(that) harsh, stern, strict (ness); severity 37.3
晋其角，維用伐邑。厲吉，無咎。贞吝。
Advancing those antlers
Limit the practice to discipline of the home town
That harshness is timely
Is not to be blamed
But to persist is a disgrace
→ 01.3
3rd Line
harshness, rigor, distress, severity; (&) stress 06.3
家人嗃嗃，悔厲吉。婦子嘻嘻，終吝。
Family members scolded severely
Regrettable harshness
Yet opportune
But wife and child smirking and mocking
Ends in disgrace
→ 01.3
4th Line
(the) difficulty, adversity, distress, hardship
睽孤，遇元夫，交孚，厲，無咎。
Estranged and alone
Meeting someone unique
Exchanging confidences
The distress
Is no longer wrong
→ 01.3
Gua Ci
difficult(ies), serious(ness); rigorous, strict
夬，揚于王庭，孚號有厲。告自邑，不利即戎，利有攸往。
A disclosure at the royal court
A truthful appeal
This will be serious
Inform the home town
Nothing worthwhile in resorting to hostilities
Worthwhile to have somewhere to go
→ 01.3
Tuan Zhuan
serious
夬，決也。剛決柔也。健而説，決而和。揚于王庭，柔乘五剛也。孚號有厲，其危乃光也。告自邑，不利即戎，所尚乃窮也。利有攸往，剛長乃終也。
Decisiveness
(Means) to break through
The firm breaks through the flexible
Dynamic but also persuasive
Breaking through and yet responsive
A disclosure at the royal court:
The flexible rides upon five firm (lines)
A truthful appeal, this will be serious:
This crisis will then be made known
Inform the home town,
Nothing worthwhile (in) resorting to hostilities:
What is valued (would) then be wasted
Worthwhile to have somewhere to go:
Firmness endures and then completes
worthwhile
夬，決也。剛決柔也。健而説，決而和。揚于王庭，柔乘五剛也。孚號有厲，其危乃光也。告自邑，不利即戎，所尚乃窮也。利有攸往，剛長乃終也。
Decisiveness
(Means) to break through
The firm breaks through the flexible
Dynamic but also persuasive
Breaking through and yet responsive
A disclosure at the royal court:
The flexible rides upon five firm (lines)
A truthful appeal, this will be serious:
This crisis will then be made known
Inform the home town,
Nothing worthwhile (in) resorting to hostilities:
What is valued (would) then be wasted
Worthwhile to have somewhere to go:
Firmness endures and then completes
(it is) worthwhile
夬，決也。剛決柔也。健而説，決而和。揚于王庭，柔乘五剛也。孚號有厲，其危乃光也。告自邑，不利即戎，所尚乃窮也。利有攸往，剛長乃終也。
Decisiveness
(Means) to break through
The firm breaks through the flexible
Dynamic but also persuasive
Breaking through and yet responsive
A disclosure at the royal court:
The flexible rides upon five firm (lines)
A truthful appeal, this will be serious:
This crisis will then be made known
Inform the home town,
Nothing worthwhile (in) resorting to hostilities:
What is valued (would) then be wasted
Worthwhile to have somewhere to go:
Firmness endures and then completes
3rd Line
har sh, difficult, severe, brutal, wicked
臀無膚，其行次且，厲，無大咎。
A rump with no skin
One’s progress is inferior now
Brutal
But not a complete mistake
→ 01.3
3rd Line
(is) difficult, stressful, rigorous, hard "
征凶，贞厲。革言三就，有孚。
To expedite has pitfalls
Commitment is difficult
When talk of change has circled three times
Then be sure
→ 01.3
2nd Line
difficulty, adversity, trouble (s); harshly
震來厲，億丧貝，躋于九陵，勿逐，七日得。
The shock comes with adversity
A hundred thousand times one loses possessions
And scrambles up the nine hills
To not give chase
Means seven days to gain
→ 01.3
difficulty, adversity, trouble (s); harshly
震來厲，億丧貝，躋于九陵，勿逐，七日得。
The shock comes with adversity
A hundred thousand times one loses possessions
And scrambles up the nine hills
To not give chase
Means seven days to gain
Xiao Xiang 2
adversity
震來厲，乘剛也。
51.2x The shock comes with adversity:
Rely upon firmness
5th Line
(is) difficult, harsh, stressful; (with) trouble
震往來厲，意無丧，有事。
The shock whether going or coming is trouble
The intentions* will not be lost where there is work to be done
→ 01.3
(is) difficult, harsh, stressful; (with) trouble
震往來厲，意無丧，有事。
The shock whether going or coming is trouble
The intentions* will not be lost where there is work to be done
Xiao Xiang 5
(is) trouble
震往來厲，危行也。其事在中，大無丧也。
51.5x The shock (whether) going (or) coming (is) trouble:
Exposure (in) action
* (Where) one’s work to be done lies in the middle
Completely without loss
3rd Line
harshness, severity, rigor(s), suppression
艮其限，列其夤，厲燻心。
Setting those restrictions
Divided at one’s waist
Rigors choke the heart
→ 01.3
1st Line
(having, in) difficulty, trouble (s); struggling
鴻漸于干，小子厲，有言，無咎。
The wild geese advance by degrees to the shoreline
The little fledgling* is struggling
There will be criticism
But not blame
→ 01.3
—
鴻漸于干，小子厲，有言，無咎。
The wild geese advance by degrees to the shoreline
The little fledgling* is struggling
There will be criticism
But not blame
3rd Line
(is) difficult, hard (to do), harsh, distressing "
旅焚其次，丧其童僕，贞厲。
The wanderer sets fire to their camp
And fails the young assistant
Persisting is hard to do
→ 01.3
5th Line
hardship, struggle, trouble, difficulty (s)
孚于剝，有厲。
Trusting in the unsustainable
There will be struggles
→ 01.3
4th Line
(is) difficult, hard, serious, stressful (v)
無咎，弗過遇之。往厲必戒，勿用永贞。
Make no mistakes
Do not be beyond greeting others in passing
Difficult progress demands heedfulness
Do not rely on unrelenting persistence
→ 01.3
6th Line
harsh, stressful, adverse, difficult, serious
濡其首，厲。
Soaking one’s head
Serious
→ 01.3
Xiao Xiang 6
(is) serious
濡其首厲，何可久也。
63.6x Soaking one’s head (is) serious:
(But) how could this continue?
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